Police arrest nude man in store chimney

PEMBERTON, England, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Pemberton, England, say a man has been charged with burglary after being found trapped naked in a supermarket's chimney.

Officers said the 22-year-old man was found wedged in the chimney of a Tesco store at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, The Times of London reported.

A Greater Manchester Police spokeswoman said she "has no idea how the man got into the chimney" but officers have a theory regarding how he wound up naked: "It is believed that some of his clothes came off as a result of him struggling to get out of the chimney," she said.

Police freed the man with the help of firefighters and he was checked out at a local hospital before being taken into custody.